Neil Johnson's Eye on Art: Harmony sets Airheart apart

Dan Garner, Paula O'Oneal and Amelia Blake make up the band Airheart.

There is a Shreveport band called Airheart. Mostly it is three musicians - Dan, Amelia and Paula - but when they need more, they have others who sit in on rehearsals and fill out the numbers and the sound.

What sets Airheart apart is their three-part harmony. Sweet, lilting, careful, spot-on, heartfelt songs during which the whole group sings different parts of the same melody. Each singer-musician brings something different to the table and it all melds together, song after song after song! Hard work and rehearsal discipline make it come out sounding sweet and easy. Tender ballads, rhythm and blues, a little country and rock. Beatles, CSN, Elvis. You ought to hear them do Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." Their sets can surprise with a song you haven't heard in ages or they'll surprise with an original song that you're ready to hear again and again. Airheart loves what they do and it's contagious.

Their logo is a heart with wings and they can lighten your heart if you are feeling weighed down at the end of a workday.

Amelia Earhart was a pilot. These folks, including Amelia, are not pilots, but they do know how to fly and they can take you places! Places in the heart. Go find Airheart performing at a festival, in a club or at a party. Raise your tray table, fasten your seat belt and prepare for takeoff.

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Neil Johnson's Eye on Art: Harmony sets Airheart apart

Each singer-musician brings something different to the table and it all melds together, song after song after song.